Consumerist
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literal consumption
Is Cheap Food To Blame For Our Expensive Health Care?
Michael Pollan thinks so. He's got an op-ed in the NYT where he examines the relationship between or expensive health care and our cheap fast food. More » -
hg fructose corn syrup
Mercury: High-Fructose Corn Syrup's Secret Ingredient?
First, we learn of a possible sugar shortage, now an article by Mother Jones finds that part of the production procedure for high-fructose corn syrup might involve contaminating it with mercury. Basically, today is the best day ever for the president of NutraSweet. More » -
Tastes Burnt
Starbucks Continues To Try To Sell Food That Doesn't Suck
Calling their food the "Achilles' heel of the company" Starbucks has announced that they are reworking 90% of their baked goods to remove high fructose corn syrup and/or artificial flavors and dyes, says Reuters. More » -
food-like products
Are The Most Common Fast Food Ingredients Actually Food?
Sure, many of us read Fast Food Nation and had nightmares for weeks afterward. Or, I did. William Harris analyzed fast food menus and broke down the most popular ingredients for a How Stuff Works article. Only one item on the list is something that I would acknowledge as "food." More » -
high fructose corn syrup
Do Consumers Really Care About High Fructose Corn Syrup?
We've been getting reports from readers that Pepsi and Mountain Dew Throwback are showing up in stores. Heartening news since Passover Coke season is over. "The second ingredient (after water) is 'Sugar' not the dreaded HFCS. Oh, and it is delicious," Wyatt in Minnesota told us. More » -
hfcs
Kosher Coke Continues Its Popularity Among Sugar Lovers
Now that Pepsi has gotten the message that some people just prefer sugar-sweetened-soda, we're wondering why Coke doesn't offer it's Kosher for Passover version all year round. It's certainly popular with Coca-Cola aficionados of all religious persuasions. More » -
hfcs
Passover Is Coming, And It's Your Chance To Buy Real Sugar Products
Passover is a holiday that has special meaning to everyone, regardless of faith, because it's the time of year when some food and drink companies release products sweetened with real sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). If you want to stock up on real sugar Coca-cola or u-bet chocolate syrup (which I've never heard of, but John Hodgman seems to like), or if you just want to see whether you can really taste a difference between HFCS and cane or beet sugar, now's your chance. More » -
hfcs backlash
Snapple To Switch To Real Sugar Instead Of HFCS
The beverage makers are jumping off HFCS like rats off a sinking ship these days. Snapple has announced that it will will eliminate HFCS from its recipes. In at least once case this will actually result in fewer calories. More » -
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hfcs
ATTN: HFCS Haters. Get Ready For Sugar-Sweetened "Pepsi Throwback"
According to Beverage Industry Magazine, Pepsi will be launching "Pepsi Throwback" and "Mountain Dew Throwback," both of which contain sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup. The logos, seen above, were found through a search of the United States Patent and Trademark Office's Trademark Electronic Search System by BevReview.com, which reports that the trademarks were filed on January 9, 2009. More » -
mercury
How Much HFCS Is In Ketchup?
I was looking again at the quote from Con-Agra in regards to trace amounts of mercury found in HFCS-laced foods like ketchup, and the thing is, people don't just eat ketchup. HFCS is everywhere. More » -
breaking
Teeny Bits Of Mercury Found In High Fructose Corn Syrup Foods
Did Jeremy Piven eat 200 lbs of ketchup a day? According to a new study, which found trace amounts of mercury in a number of high-fructose-corn-syrup laden foods like Coke, Nutri-Grain Strawberry Cereal Bars and ketchup, maybe so.
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ingredients
Our Egg Nog Is Made Exactly Like It Was In 1898! With HFCS!
Reader Sarah got a laugh from her egg nog this morning. The package says the ingredients are all natural, just "exactly" like when "Grandfather started our dairy business in 1898." More » -
corn refiners association
High Fructose Corn Syrup Research Paid For By HFCS Industry
CBS says that they took a look at the research cited by the marketing campaign from the Corn Refiners Association — which features "people-in-the-know" rolling their eyes and scoffing at befuddled anti-corn-syrup zealots — and realized that "three were sponsored by groups that stand to profit from research that promotes HFCS. Two were never published so they’re funding sources are unclear. And one was sponsored by a Dutch foundation that represents the interests of the sugar industry." More » -
What the hell? The Center for Science in the Public Interest and the Corn Refiners Association (representing the producers of high-fructose corn syrup) actually agree on something. Both the CSPI and the CRA have sent a joint letter to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, objecting to a proposed tax that would only apply to soft drinks sweetened with HFCS. The CSPI and the CRA both agree, "the idea that high-fructose corn syrup is more harmful than sugar is an "urban myth." [CSPI]
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we're really, really fat
Obesity Is Out Of Control
A CNN map shows the American obesity epidemic since 1985, and it's freaky. Why is it happening? High fructose corn syrup? Fast food? Cheap carbohydrates? Lack of moral fiber? More » -
food
You Are What You Grow
Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, has an article in the NYT today about the relationship between the farm bill and the production of cheap, unhealthy food. From the NYT: More » -
coke
Get Ready For Passover Coke!
What, you ask, is "Passover Coke?" It's Coke made with sugar. Yes, real sugar! Not corn syrup. From NPR:
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